Examiner Marc S Somers has allowed 392 of 592 decided applications (66%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Marc S Somers maintains a public record across 2 art units in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Over 592 disposed applications, the examiner's allowance rate is 66%. This figure reflects the proportion of decided cases—those allowed or abandoned—and does not include pending applications. The record spans art units 2159 and 2169, aggregating activity across these areas within TC 2100. Of 632 total applications on record, 392 were allowed and 200 were abandoned.
This pooled record aggregates data across multiple art units within TC 2100. The allowance rate of 66% describes the examiner's historical performance on decided applications and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome. Aggregate figures mask variation across individual art units; detailed breakdowns by art unit appear in separate sections. These statistics are correlational historical records, not causal indicators of prosecution success.
These are aggregate statistics from this examiner's past public record — not predictions about any specific application. The per-art-unit figures below show how the record varies across art units. Our approach to patent prosecution →
Each section benchmarks this examiner against that art unit's average. Figures are this examiner's own public record within the art unit; the overall rate above pools them.
Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 355 decided applications with an interview and 229 without.
Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Marc S Somers has a public record within Technology Center 2100. Statistics are computed from publicly available USPTO records, refreshed on a recurring schedule. This page's data was last updated June 25, 2026. The overall allowance rate is total allowed divided by total decided applications (allowed plus abandoned) across all art units — not an average of the per-art-unit rates; pending applications are excluded. Figures are rounded for display. Pooled sample: 632 applications.
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